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At meeting with Herzog, Omer Shem Tov says internal divisions ‘strengthen’ Hamas
President Isaac Herzog (second right), his wife Michal (right) meet with freed hostage Omer Shem Tov (second left) and his mother Shelly, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
President Isaac Herzog meets with freed hostage Omer Shem Tov at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, where the two appeal for national unity and the return of remaining captives held in Gaza.
“The times we were shown television in captivity, they showed us the division among the people, and they showed it in the most extreme way,” Shem Tov tells Herzog, according to quotes released by the president’s office.
“It significantly strengthens them [Hamas]. They speak about how Israel will be destroyed from within itself, and that is what gives them strength,” he says.
Herzog says the internal divisions are “exceptionally dangerous.”
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